My Hero Academia
2016 7 seasons · 138 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

My Hero Academia

僕のヒーローアカデミア

My Hero Academia sits in the top 1% of Japan seriess on this catalog — ranked #33 of 4,579 by TMDB audience score.

Synopsis

僕のヒーローアカデミア

In a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered Quirk, Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that won't stop him from enrolling in a prestigious hero academy. Now, he'll get his first taste of brutal rivalry from other schools as he braves the cutthroat, no-holds-barred provisional license exam.

Reception Benchmarks

8.7
TMDB Rating
4,496
Audience Reviews
Outstanding
Critical Tier

Ranked #33 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (99th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action & Adventure productions specifically: #15 of 743 (top 2%).

Audience Engagement

4,496
Reviews
99th
Review-volume percentile
92nd
Popularity percentile

4,496 audience reviews — more than 99% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among Japan seriess.

Also On Nippon TV

Other series that aired on Nippon TV.

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Action & Adventure + Animation in Japan

706 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action & Adventure and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding My Hero Academia itself).

The 2015–2017 Japan Window

Among 588 Japan seriess we catalog from this window, My Hero Academia places #3 — near the top of its class.

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    #3

    My Hero Academia

    ★ 8.7 · 2016
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    #4

    KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
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    ★ 8.6 · 2016
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    Yuri!!! on Ice

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
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    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
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    #8

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including My Hero Academia. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan seriess in 2016.

The 3305th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
April 3, 2016
Last Air Date
March 25, 2023
Broadcast Span
7 years
Total Episodes
138 across 7 seasons
Format
Scripted
Status
Returning Series
Total Runtime
≈ 55.2 hours

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesBONES, Shueisha, movic, dentsu, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes7 / 138
Release DateApril 3, 2016
Official Sitewww.heroaca.com

Questions Answered

How highly rated is My Hero Academia?

Among Japan Asian seriess in this catalog, My Hero Academia ranks #33 of 4579 — in the top 1%.

Where did My Hero Academia air?

My Hero Academia aired on Nippon TV, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.